A skeptical scientist, an earnest teenage girl, a danger filled mission! Disney returns to the classic sci-fi thrills of yesteryear with an updated twist in Tomorrowland, coming to theaters this summer. The brand new full-length trailer is dropping this Monday, March 9! But before then, we have the final pay-off poster for this exciting adventure, which finds a young boy being tracked through the wheat fields by George Clooney as they make their way towards the futuristic city landscape of Tomorrowland!

From Disney comes two-time Oscar winner Brad Bird's riveting, mystery adventure. Bound by a shared destiny, former boy-genius Frank (George Clooney), jaded by disillusionment, and Casey (Britt Robertson), a bright, optimistic teen bursting with scientific curiosity, embark on a danger-filled mission to unearth the secrets of an enigmatic place somewhere in time and space known only as Tomorrowland. What they must do there changes the world-and them-forever.

Featuring a screenplay by Lost writer and co-creator Damon Lindelof and Brad Bird, from a story by Lindelof & Bird & Jeff Jensen, Tomorrowland promises to take audiences on a thrill ride of nonstop adventures through new dimensions that have only been dreamed of. Don't miss a live Q&A with director Brad Bird and producer Damon Lindelof followed by the exclusive world premiere of the trailer on Monday, March 9 at 10:30am PT. But first, check out this cool new one-sheet which teases all of the Disney excitement ahead...

In the 90s, George Clooney was as well known for his Caesar haircut as anything else, only rivaling Jennifer Aniston when it came to most talked about styles of that decade. He brings the look back in the first Hail Caesar set photos. And this time, he's also dressing the part.

Hail Caesar marks George Clooney's fourth time collaborating with iconic filmmaking duo The Coen Brothers. The film will bring an end to their 'Idiot Quadrilogy', which began with O Brother, Where Art Thou? in 2001, followed by Intolerable Cruelty in 2003 and Burn After Reading in 2008. Don't expect a sword and sandals epic, though. This latest caper from Joel and Ethan Coen is a period comedy revolving around the Golden Age of Hollywood.

Taking place over the course of a single day, Hail Caesar follows a Los Angeles fixer who sets out to solve a whole lot of problems for the city's biggest names before the tabloids can get their hands on the information. The all-star ensemble cast also includes Josh Brolin, Channing Tatum, Ralph Fiennes, Tilda Swinton, Scarlett Johansson and Jonah Hill. Check out George Clooney as he transforms himself into the real Casaer:

George Clooney makes his return to the small screen, of sorts, in a brief clip from a Downton Abbey short film that will air during ITV's charity holiday special Text Santa, airing on December 19. This scene from Downton Abbey: Text Santa shows Cora (Elizabeth McGovern) approaching her "dearest," revealing that Lord and Lady Carlisle have asked them to dinner, when none other than George Clooney turns around. It remains to be seen if Cora has actually mistaken whoever George Clooney is playing for Lord Grantham (Hugh Bonneville).

People first confirmed George Clooney's Downton Abbey appearance back in September, revealing that he is playing a wedding guest. Naturally, we don't know whose wedding it may be, but that report also revealed that this skit will not debut in the U.S. George Clooney became friends with series star Hugh Bonneville while they were shooting the World War II drama The Monuments Men.

Check out this brief clip below for Downton Abbey's Text Santa charity event, which airs December 18 on ITV. We'll be sure to keep you posted if the full version becomes available later this month. Season 5 of Downton Abbey has already aired in the U.K., and will debut in the U.S. January 5 on PBS.

In Disney's riveting mystery adventure Tomorrowland, a jaded scientist and an optimistic teen embark on a danger-filled mission to unearth the secrets of an enigmatic place somewhere in time and space. We have your first look at the trailer and poster, shortly after they debuted at New York Comic Con.

Bound by a shared destiny, former boy-genius Frank (George Clooney), jaded by disillusionment, and Casey (Britt Robertson), a bright, optimistic teen bursting with scientific curiosity, embark on a danger-filled mission to unearth the secrets of an enigmatic place somewhere in time and space known only as Tomorrowland. What they must do there changes the world-and them-forever.

Featuring a screenplay by Lost writer and co-creator Damon Lindelof and Brad Bird, from a story by Damon Lindelof & Brad Bird & Jeff Jensen, "Tomorrowland" promises to take audiences on a thrill ride of nonstop adventures through new dimensions that have only been dreamed of.

The film also stars Hugh Laurie as brilliant scientist David Nix, Raffey Cassidy, Tim McGraw, Judy Greer, Kathryn Hahn, Keegan Michael Key and Thomas Robinson. Check out the first footage in anticipation of Tomorrowland's debut in theaters on May 22, 2015.

The plot centers on a young Florida girl named Casey Newton (Britt Robertson), an optimistic and perpetually-curious teenager who discovers a pin that gives her a unique vision of the future every time she touches it, which can be seen in the concept art below. This vision sends her on a quest with a disillusioned genius named Frank Walker (George Clooney) to find the magical world of Tomorrowland.

Director Brad Bird revealed that the movie begins by asking questions about the good and bad aspects of the future.

"We begin our movie asking what did [the future] used to be? What's good about the future and what's scary about it? And we wrestle with those things in a slightly mythical way."

The title is taken from Disneyland's futurist attraction, with screenwriter Damon Lindelof, who crafted the story with EW television critic Jeff Jensen, revealing that Walt Disney himself is referenced in Tomorrowland, but he is not a character.

"What Hogwarts is to magic, Tomorrowland is to science: They are both easy to find if you are a wizard and very difficult to find if you're a Muggle. Walt Disney is not a character in our movie, but he is referenced as having some involvement in this mysterious place called Tomorrowland, as a huge futurist and aficionado of space travel, rocketry, cities of the future, and space travel."

Britt Robertson's Casey is constantly dreaming of the future, and must watch as the launchpads of Cape Canaveral are being disassembled as the space shuttle program is shut down. Although she still holds out hope for a better world in Tomorrowland. Here's what Damon Lindelof had to say about NASA closing up shop and Casey's optimism.

"It's closed for business. There are no launches anymore. But she still holds a candle, she still believes in this amazing future, that things can be better."

He also offered more details about the magical pin that Casey finds, which opens up a whole new world to her.

"There is a piece of technology in this pin, it's the kind of old-school pin you would wear on your lapel, and when you make physical contact with it, you have the illusion of being physically transported to another world, and that's how Casey gets her first glimpse of Tomorrowland. She is a Muggle who accidentally wanders across Platform 9 ¾ and sees something she probably shouldn't have."

Director Brad Bird adds that Casey isn't quite sure what she experiences when she first touches the pin.

"At first when she experiences this thing, she's not sure if it's real or not. It's kind of like being hit by a dream and not sure whether the dream was a dream or real."

Eventually, Casey's quest for knowledge about this pin leads her to George Clooney's Frank Walker, a failed inventor who has some experience with Tomorrowland. Here's what Brad Bird had to say about Frank's living conditions when Casey first meets him.

"He's at this farmhouse, and it's probably the house he's grown up in. He hasn't done anything to it. He's done tech stuff inside it, but it's not a super cool bachelor pad. It's more like a guy who is retreating when something didn't go well."

The director also explains why George Clooney was perfect to play Frank.

"There's something about George. You can see the wheels turning in his eyes, and he reads as somebody who is very principled. He seems like a very pragmatic guy who also dreams, but he's not flighty. There's an integrity to him that you feel."

Damon Lindelof also explained that he was influenced by a number of sci-fi authors to create a sense of "true modernism" instead of "retro-futurism."

"I'm a huge fan of (Ray) Bradbury, (Robert A.) Heinlein, (Carl) Sagan and the great genre writers. I do think that The Martian Chronicles are part of a bygone age, but the best sci-fi is also evergreen and just as potent today as it was when it was written."

The writer also noted that the 1977 sci-fi classic Close Encounters of the Third Kind was also a big influence on how the story of Tomorrowland was crafted.

"Another big influence for Jeff Jensen and I when we first started talking about this story was Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Somehow it was able to do what no modern movies are able to do, which is tell a story that doesn't have a bad guy who is trying to blow up the planet, or giant robots fighting, or lots of karate-though who doesn't love karate? It was so not plot driven. It was just a pure discovery movie. It was pure what-if. Just that idea of what's going on here? What does this mean? That was a real jumping off place for a movie like this."

Take a look at the first photos from Tomorrowland, and stay tuned for more details when the highly-anticipated film hits the NYCC stage tomorrow.

George Clooney has identified his next project to direct: an adaptation of the book Hack Attack, journalist Nick Davies' account of the British phone hacking scandal surrounding Rupert Murdoch's news empire. The adaptation will be produced by George Clooney and Grant Heslov through their Smokehouse banner for Sony Pictures Entertainment.

Commenting on the announcement, Michael De Luca, president of Production for Columbia Pictures, had this to say.

"As the son of a journalist, George has a sharp interest in the role journalism plays in all of our lives - whether that's for good, as in Good Night, And Good Luck., or for bad. With Hack Attack, George will explore the dark side of that world, a business where all of the rules of journalism are broken in the race for an easy and ever-larger payday."

"This has all the elements - lying, corruption, blackmail - at the highest levels of government by the biggest newspaper in London. And the fact that it's true is the best part. Nick is a brave and stubborn reporter and we consider it an honor to put his book to film."

Hack Attack depicts a world where, as Davies writes, "Everything is for sale. Nobody is exempt." Over six years, Davies investigated News Corporation and its subsidiary, News International; his book shows how their habit of hacking into the voice mail messages of elected officials, celebrities, and even ordinary British citizens and the victims of terror attacks was wide-ranging and ongoing. The resulting scandal would not only mark the end of News of the World after 168 years of continuous publication, but spur a government inquiry that would bring to light some of the most unthinkable of business practices.

De Luca will oversee the project for Sony Pictures. Shooting is scheduled to start next year.

Hack Attack comes to theaters in 2016. The film is directed by George Clooney.

Based on an Atavist article by Joshuah Bearman, the plot tells the true story of a hippie teacher and his students in the sleepy town of Coronado, California, who, in 1969, came up with the idea of smuggling marijuana in from Mexico by swimming and paddling surfboards. The notion turned into a criminal empire, which was eventually taken down by the DEA in the 1970s.

George Clooney is producing alongside his Smokehouse Pictures partner Grant Heslov and David Klawans. Joshuah Bearman wrote the Wired Magazine article that eventually became Best Picture winner Argo, which both George Clooney and Grant Heslov produced.

Debora Cahn got her start on the writing staff of The West Wing before moving on to Grey's Anatomy. She also landed on The Blacklist last year with her screenplay The Special Program, an adaptation of Barton Gellman's book Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency. Debora Cahn also performed a production rewrite on HBO's Too Big to Fail.

The story centers on Eddie Mannix, a 1950s fixer who works for major Hollywood studios to try and keep the biggest movie stars in line. Our report from May revealed that the character is loosely based on Fred Otash, a spy who worked for Confidential Magazine, digging up dirt on all of the biggest celebrities using his wiretapping techniques. Fixers were used by the studios in the 1950s to stop any scandalous story involving a major star from spreading. It isn't clear who George Clooney and Josh Brolin are portraying at this time.

Joel Coen and Ethan Coen are directing from their own script, with Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner producing for Working Title Films. This project marks the Coen's eighth collaboration with Working Title.

Josh Brolin previously starred in Joel Coen and Ethan Coen's No Country for Old Men, and he will next portray Thanos in Guardians of the Galaxy. George Clooney has starred in three movies for the Coen's (O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Intolerable Cruelty and Burn After Reading), and he will next be seen in Tomorrowland.

George Clooney and Grant Heslov's Smokehouse Pictures has entered into a new two-year first-look agreement with Sony Pictures Television.

The writer-producers will develop and produce new comedy and drama programs under the pact, for broadcast, cable and digital platforms. George Clooney and Grant Heslov have primarily been developing feature projects since forming Smokehouse in 2006. Their movies include Leatherheads, The Ides of March and The Monuments Men, all directed by George Clooney, Grant Heslov's directorial debut The Men Who Stare at Goats which starred George Clooney, and other movies such as Best Picture winner Argo and August: Osage County.

Both George Clooney and Grant Heslov have previously produced TV shows such as K Street and Memphis Beat. On the film side, their Smokehouse Productions moved from Warner Bros. to Sony Pictures back in 2009.

Just days after their latest true-story drama The Monuments Men opened in theaters, producers George Clooney and Grant Heslov are teaming with Sony Pictures to remake the Norwegian thriller Pioneer. At this time, George Clooney is not attached to direct, with the studio currently seeking a screenwriter for this English-language version.

Erik Skjoldbjærg directed the original Pioneer, which opened in Norway last year after debuting at the Toronto International Film Festival. The story is set in the 1980s, at the height of the Norwegian Oil Boom, following a man and his brother who are tasked with laying a pipeline through the North Sea, diving deeper than anyone had ever gone before. When tragedy strikes, the man becomes determined to find out the truth about what really happened, while realizing his life is in danger.

Elizabeth Cantillon is overseeing the project for Sony. The original thriller starred Wes Bentley, Stephen Lang and Aksel Hennie.

Arriving in 2015, the Disney sci-fi adventure Tomorrowland has remained a fairly secretive project ever since it was announced back in May 2012, and that hasn't changed since filming began. Star George Clooney recently teased some new details directly from the set during an AMA (Ask Me Anything) session on Reddit to support his upcoming period drama The Monuments Men.

While Tomorrowland is shourded in mystery, we do know that the actor will be playing a 'former boy-genius inventor' who has become disillusioned with the advancement of the human race. A young teenage girl (Britt Robertson) reignites his passion for science, and together, they seek out what has become known as Tomorrowland, which may or may not have anything to do with the Disney Parks attraction.

While the actor couldn't offer any real story details, he did talk about the shooting process, and gave high praise to his director Brad Bird, a man making only his second live-action feature after 2011's Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol and a string of well-receieved animated features including The Iron Giant and Pixar's Ratatouille.

Here's what George Clooney had to say:

"I'm on set and literally have a harness on right now. I was late, because right before I was hanging from about 30 feet over four different blue screens. So as we're talking now there are all these wires and contraptions hanging off of me. It's really, really, really good and Brad's a wonderful director, and a wonderful guy with a wild imagination. And if I don't screw it up it'll be a terrific film. Everybody's really good in it. Anyway, you always have to be careful what you say about these films so I don't want to sort of ruin it by telling you that everyone dies in the end. Oops, I've said too much.

It is suspected that much of Tomorrowland will be shot against blue screen, which suggests that this will be a fully realized world all its own. You can catch George Clooney in theaters next week when The Monuments Men opens nationwide.

Last night, we reported that potential Oscar contender The Monuments Men was being pushed from its December 18 release date and into 2014, mainly because VFX work won't be done in time.

The Wrap followed up with quotes from George Clooney, taken from an interview done more than a month ago. The director/actor claimed the film was having issues with tone, and that was the primary reason for the delay.

"It's been a bit of a dance. We're trying to do the movie in the vein of war films, but you don't want it to sound like The Great Escape. Those movies that were done in the '50s and '60s, they all had their own sort of life. You don't want to do a replica, you have to do a new version. We're testing it - we put some laughs in there, that's important to me, but it's a serious subject matter. How much is too much? The tone is lighter, then they get in trouble. Gone With the Wind works in that way. If we get the tone right it will be a really fun film. We don't have to do jokes. When you have Bill Murray and Bob Balaban in the frame together - it's just fun."

However, George Clooney now reveals that his quotes were taken out of context, and were presented in a misleading way. He goes on to break down what actually happened with the release date push, citing unfinished VFX work and an overcrowded December slate for the delay.

"I was talking awhile ago about Gravity, she says how's it going on Monuments Men and I say, it's a tricky tone, and she writes this piece that the movie is in trouble over tone. She doesn't call me, and it's absolutely ridiculous and false. The straight-up facts are these. We had a really good test last week, scoring in the mid 80s, in Arizona. And when we were on the plane coming back with (Sony executives) Jeff Blake, Amy Pascal and Michael Lynton, they said look, let's be honest. There are lots better times to bring this movie out than December 18. How about November 22? Can you do it? Now, today is our first day at the scoring stages at Abbey Road. Then they call and ask, how about the 15th of November? We like to pull stuff off, and we said, let's see what we can do. That was two days ago."

After meeting with the VFX artists, the director was told work could not be completed in time, which then lead to a February slot. He compares the scenario to Shutter Island, which was originally slated to come out in late 2009 before it was pushed into February 2010 to complete VFX.

"We had a meeting with all the effects guys for our CGI stuff, and, we're just not going to get there in time. Then we looked at the date we had, December 18. I don't know how many movies are opening, but it's got to be the toughest December in recent memory for box office. We said, where's another good place to land? And we looked at February and the Shutter Island slot."

The multi-hyphenate also reveals that they had originally chosen the December date because of his success with Ocean's Eleven.

"When we started this movie, we said all along this was something we wanted to do in the tradition of The Guns of Navarone and The Great Escape. That's what we wanted all along and we took the date because we'd had so much luck on it with Ocean's Eleven and Ocean's Twelve. We wanted it to play through the holidays. Last night we had a nice meeting and said, let's be honest. We're not going to get our effects done in time. As hard as we're working, the truth of the matter is, we only started principal photography on this in March. So the idea we'd have all the effects ready was a stretch anyway. And we didn't make it. It's that simple. It's certainly not about tone of the film, because it's testing through the roof. We said, let's just find a spot where the movie can find an actual audience instead of fighting with 22 other films in December."

The actor/director went on to say that they never planned on chasing Oscars in the first place.

"We've been very clear that we're trying to make our first un-cynical film, a commercial movie. You can tell by the cast we put together that it's going to have light tones to it. We never thought that chasing Oscars was our play, we said it from the first interview. This is a movie we want audiences to see without alienating people like a lot of our films have. What I loved was that Sony and Fox listened and said, OK, let's get out of here. We'd rather the movie be successful and have you put it out when you're comfortable with how it looks. This is a period film and it can't look like CG. It has to look like it's real. We're close, but we're not there yet."

George Clooney stars along an all-star cast of comedic and dramatic actors alike, including Daniel Craig, Bill Murray, Matt Damon, Cate Blanchett, Jean Dujardin, John Goodman, Hugh Bonneville and Bob Balaban. The movie centers on the true story of a group of historians who were sent in to retrieve priceless works of art from the Nazi's before Adolf Hitler could destroy them forever.

The Monuments Men was released February 7th, 2014 and stars George Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, Cate Blanchett, John Goodman, Jean Dujardin, Hugh Bonneville, Bob Balaban. The film is directed by George Clooney.

George Clooney's World War II drama The Monuments Men has been moved to a unspecified date in 2014. The project was originally set to release December 18, 2013, but the actor did not have time to finish the post-production process.

The film will tell the true story of a World War II platoon, who are tasked with invading Germany and recovering rare art from the Nazis. The team consists of seven museum directors, curators, and art historians. They find themselves behind enemy lines and in a race to avoid the destruction of 1000 years of European culture.

The Monuments Men was released February 7th, 2014 and stars George Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, Cate Blanchett, John Goodman, Jean Dujardin, Hugh Bonneville, Bob Balaban. The film is directed by George Clooney.

Actor/director/producer George Clooney is seen in 8 set photos for The Monuments Men, giving us our first look at this World War II drama. The movie began production earlier this month, and is based on the true story of American soldiers assigned to recover a number of priceless artifacts stolen by Nazi thieves. These shots also feature a number of unidentified actors in period military costumes, though George Clooney does not appear in costume himself.

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The Monuments Men was released February 7th, 2014 and stars George Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, Cate Blanchett, John Goodman, Jean Dujardin, Hugh Bonneville, Bob Balaban. The film is directed by George Clooney.

George Clooney, Bill Murray and Matt Damon headline an impressive all-star cast in The Monuments Men, which follows the true story of an unusual platoon in World War II tasked with saving precious pieces of art from the Nazis. Columbia Pictures has released the second trailer for this rousing adventure, which arrives in theaters just in time for Christmas.

The Monuments Men was released February 7th, 2014 and stars George Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, Cate Blanchett, John Goodman, Jean Dujardin, Hugh Bonneville, Bob Balaban. The film is directed by George Clooney.

It's not often a poster featuring just one actor represents literally half the entire cast of a movie, but the latest one-sheet for Gravity featuring George Clooney does just that. The actor plays astronaut Matt Kowalsky alongside Sandra Bullock's Dr. Ryan Stone, who are both set adrift after their space station explodes. One would assume that Sandra Bullock's character poster will debut very soon, so stay tuned for that. Directed by Alfonso Cuarón, Gravity hits theaters on October 4.

The all-star cast of The Monuments Men unite on the first poster featuring actor/writer/director George Clooney, Bill Murray, Matt Damon, John Goodman, Jean Dujardin, Bob Balaban and Hugh Bonneville. This thriller is based on the incredible true story about a group who are tasked with recovering priceless artifacts collected by the Nazis, at the tail end of World War II. In case you missed it earlier this month, you can clickHere to take a look at the first trailer.

The Monuments Men was released February 7th, 2014 and stars George Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, Cate Blanchett, John Goodman, Jean Dujardin, Hugh Bonneville, Bob Balaban. The film is directed by George Clooney.

The first trailer for actor/writer/director George Clooney's The Monuments Men shines a spotlight on an incredible true story that unfolds towards the end of World War II. Matt Damon, Bill Murray, Cate Blanchett, Jean Dujardin, John Goodman, Hugh Bonneville and Bob Balaban round out an all-star cast in this drama about a group of historians tasked with recovering numerous artifacts that were set to be destroyed by Adolf Hitler as the Third Reich began to crumble. Plus, on top of the first photo released yesterday, we have five more photos showcasing this diverse ensemble cast.

Based on the true story of the greatest treasure hunt in history, The Monuments Men is an action-thriller focusing on an unlikely World War II platoon, tasked by FDR with going into Germany to rescue artistic masterpieces from Nazi thieves and returning them to their rightful owners. It would be an impossible mission: with the art trapped behind enemy lines, and with the German army under orders to destroy everything as the Reich fell, how could these guys - seven museum directors, curators, and art historians, all more familiar with Michelangelo than the M-1 - possibly hope to succeed? But as the Monuments Men, as they were called, found themselves in a race against time to avoid the destruction of 1000 years of culture, they would risk their lives to protect and defend mankind's greatest achievements.

The Monuments Men was released February 7th, 2014 and stars George Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, Cate Blanchett, John Goodman, Jean Dujardin, Hugh Bonneville, Bob Balaban. The film is directed by George Clooney.

The first official photo from The Monuments Men has surfaced, featuring actor-director George Clooney alongside co-stars Matt Damon, John Goodman and Bob Balaban. The story is based on Robert M. Edsel's book about a team of historians and curators racing to recover priceless artwork during World War II, before Adolf Hitler can destroy them. With this true story drama hitting theaters on December 20, stay tuned for the first trailer, which should be debuting in the near future.

The Monuments Men was released February 7th, 2014 and stars George Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, Cate Blanchett, John Goodman, Jean Dujardin, Hugh Bonneville, Bob Balaban. The film is directed by George Clooney.

Sandra Bullock and George Clooney are literally lost in space in the first trailer for Gravity, following the trailer preview and poster that debuted yesterday. Directed by Alfonso Cuarón, this thriller explores a nightmare scenario where two astronauts are trapped in deep space, after their space station mysteriously explodes. Watch the latest footage for this upcoming thriller, arriving in theaters nationwide October 8.

George Clooney's veteran astronaut becomes untethered from his space station in the first poster for director Alfonso Cuarón's thriller Gravity. Clooney stars as Matt Kowalsky, who, along with Dr. Ryan Stone (Sandra Bullock), a first-time space traveler, becomes lost on a seemingly routine mission that sees their shuttle being destroyed and their chances for survival non-existent. Check it out as Kowalsky loses his grip high above the earth's atmosphere.

Gravity was released October 4th, 2013 and stars Sandra Bullock, George Clooney, Ed Harris, Orto Ignatiussen, Paul Sharma, Amy Warren, Basher Savage. The film is directed by Alfonso Cuarón.

Plot details are being held under wraps, but we do know that the story centers on criminal syndicates in New York. Chris Terrio wrote the script with Paul Greengrass set to direct. George Clooney will be staring and producing with Grant Heslov.

The producers and Chris Terrio last worked together on Ben Affleck's Argo. The project grossed over $100 million dollars worldwide.

Paul Greengrass just wrapped up Captain Phillips starring Tom Hanks and is currently working on the Martin Luther King Jr. biopic Memphis.

We first reported on this project last June, when screenwriter Damon Lindelof signed a seven-figure deal to write the screenplay. Brad Bird signed on to direct back in May. The story will revolve around a man who makes first contact with aliens on Earth. The plot is reportedly in the same vein as the 1977 classic Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

Damon Lindelof is also producing, although it isn't known when production may begin. The project was originally slated to be Damon Lindelof's first solo writing project, although he is now co-writing with Jeff Jensen.

Disney would not comment on the casting news, although studio reps stressed that 1952 has not been officially given the green light yet. If George Clooney does in fact sign on, one would expect that green light to come sooner rather than later.

Entertainment 7 announced today the upcoming release of Not Another Celebrity Movie, a hilarious new comedy with the biggest "celebrity" cast on the smallest production budget ever filmed! Directed and produced by Emilio Ferrari and presented by First Napoleon Productions in association with A Plus Entertainment, the film will make its debut in February 2013 at the Berlin International Film Festival.

We have a massive photo gallery from this faux-celebrity blow-out, with notable appearances from such celebrity look-alikes as Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Charlie Sheen, Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, Robert De Niro, Tom Cruise, Angelina Jolie, and a dozen more. Take a look if you dare!

Not Another Celebrity Movie Photo Gallery

Not Another Celebrity Movie adds a unique twist to the spoof genre as the talented cast portrays the biggest cinematic icons there are: the celebrities themselves. Packed with a star-studded crew of celebrity look-alikes, this parody of Ocean's Eleven follows the misguided antics of Charlie Sheen as he tries to meet with Justin Bieber, whom he believes is his illegitimate son.

When his attempts to reconnect are thwarted, Charlie Sheen engages the services of the biggest names in Hollywood to implement a plot to kidnap the pop sensation at an upcoming concert at the Riviera Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. The resulting antics are, in a word, Winning!

Not Another Celebrity Movie was released in 2013 and stars Dave Burleigh, John Di Domenico, Joe Sagal, Reed Thompson, Cole Downing, Nicole Lari-Joni, Roger Kabler, Chandler Rylko. The film is directed by Emilio Ferrari.

The Weinstein Company announced today that George Clooney, Academy Award-winning actor (Syriana) and Academy Award-nominated filmmaker (Good Night, And Good Luck., The Ides of March), and Academy Award-nominated producer/screenwriter Grant Heslov (Good Night, And Good Luck., The Ides of March) have signed on as producers of August: Osage County, the upcoming screen adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play by Tracy Letts. Academy Award winners Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts star as mother and daughter in the film, directed by John Wells from Letts' screen adaptation. Clooney and Heslov join producers Steve Traxler and Jean Doumanian. The announcement was made by TWC Co-Chairmen Harvey and Bob Weinstein.

Said Clooney, "Grant and I are thrilled to work on this project. It's already a great cast and great material and I can't think of anyone better than Harvey to put this all together. And we're particularly excited to work with our dear friend John Wells. It's such a terrific group and we feel honored to help bring it to the screen."

Commented Harvey Weinstein, "George and Grant are gifted producers, with great taste and instincts, and a work ethic that is second to none. I personally wanted them on board as their talent is a perfect fit for a film of this artistic caliber. We are delighted to welcome them to the August: Osage County team, and feel very lucky to have them."

August: Osage County tells the dark, hilarious and deeply touching story of the strong-willed women of the Weston family, whose lives have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the Midwest house they grew up in, and to the dysfunctional woman who raised them. Letts' play made its Broadway debut in December 2007 after premiering at Chicago's legendary Steppenwolf Theatre earlier that year. It continued with a successful international run.

Streep has been cast as pill-popping matriarch Violet Weston, and Roberts will play her complicated adult daughter Barbara. Streep's recent performance in The Iron Lady was honored with the 2012 Best Actress Academy Award, as well as a BAFTA and a Golden Globe.

The filmmakers are still casting, and they will begin shooting this Fall.

August: Osage County was released December 25th, 2013 and stars Abigail Breslin, Benedict Cumberbatch, Julia Roberts, Ewan McGregor, Meryl Streep, Juliette Lewis, Dermot Mulroney, Julianne Nicholson. The film is directed by John Wells.

Focus Features and Smokehouse Pictures are planning The Yankee Comandante, with George Clooney in talks to direct.

The project is based on David Grann's article in The New Yorker, which follows the true story of William Alexander Morgan, an American who helped Fidel Castro overthrow Cuban leader Fulgencio Batista. He was later put to death after being uncovered as a covert agent, whose motives were even questioned by his own country.

The actor/director will also produce with his Smokehouse Productions partner Grant Heslov. He most recently directed The Ides of March, and has taken a role in the upcoming Alfonso Cuarón sci-fi thriller Gravity.

The Artist was named Best Film at tonight's Orange British Academy Film Awards hosted by Stephen Fry, held at London's Royal Opera House. The film also won six other awards: Director, Original Screenplay, Original Music, Cinematography, Costume Design as well as a performance award for Jean Dujardin who won the Leading Actor BAFTA.

Meryl Streep was awarded the BAFTA for Leading Actress for her performance as Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady; the film was also honoured in the Make-Up & Hair category.

The Help's Octavia Spencer won the Supporting Actress category and Christopher Plummer won Supporting Actor for his performance in Beginners.

Outstanding British Film and Adapted Screenplay were awarded to Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and Senna won the Documentary and Editing BAFTAs. Hugo won two BAFTAs in Production Design and Sound. Pedro Almodóvar's The Skin I Live In won the Film Not in the English Language category and Rango won the BAFTA for Animated Film. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 was awarded the BAFTA for Special Visual Effects.

Director Paddy Considine and Producer Diarmid Scrimshaw received the award for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer for their first feature film Tyrannosaur, based upon the short film Dog Altogether that won them the Short Film BAFTA in 2008.

The Orange Wednesdays Rising Star Award was presented to Adam Deacon, recently seen in Anuvahood and Kidulthood. This award, the only one voted for by the public, recognises an international actor or actress who has demonstrated exceptional talent and has begun to be recognised as a film star in the making. The award is now in its seventh year and was created in honour of Mary Selway, the highly respected casting director who passed away in 2004.

A Morning Stroll won the Short Animation award and the Short Film award was presented to Pitch Black Heist.

The award for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema was received by John Hurt. The Fellowship, the highest accolade which the Academy can bestow, was presented to Martin Scorsese.

George Clooney is set to tell the story of artwork stolen by the Nazis during WWII and has optioned the nonfiction book "The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History", by author Robert M. Edsel. Clooney will adapt the project with producing partner Grant Heslov for Sony Pictures. The filmmaker plans to direct the film, and may also star.

The book tells the story of the U.S. government's effort to retrieve artwork stolen by Hitler's forces and the art experts whose skills are put to use in the campaign. The title comes from the name given to the U.S. and U.K. art historians and museum curators who helped the military track down the stolen pieces.

"I'm not opposed to doing a commercial film, I'm just opposed to doing a commercial film that doesn't feel organic to me," George Clooney told the blog The Wrap at the Palm Springs International Film Festival on Saturday. "So if we're going to do a commercial film we thought, 'Let's do something that seems fun and actually have something to say.'"

George Clooney and Grant Heslov, along with Sony Pictures, have acquired the rights to David Bianculli's book Dangerously Funny: The Uncensored Story Of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour for a biopic about the infamous comedy duo.

Brian Hecker and Craig Sherman have been hired to write the Untitled Smothers Brothers Biopic screenplay, which will follow brothers Tom Smothers and Dicky Smothers as comedians of the 60s who went from family-friendly merrymakers to counterculture rabble-rousers. They were the first to introduce hippie ideals into the mainstream, and their act eventually got them on Richard Nixon's enemy list, which saw their popular CBS variety show being canceled.

George Clooney and Grant Heslov will produce through their own Smokehouse banner, but its too early to know if George Clooney will director or star in the project.

Not only will Tom Smothers and Dicky Smothers need to be cast, but actors will also be needed to portray a young Steve Martin and a young Rob Reiner, both writers for The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour .

Last month, we reported that Sony Pictures is moving forward with a biopic on Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, which was announced just days after he passed away at the age of 56. A new report indicates that actors George Clooney and Noah Wyle are both in contention to portray Steve Jobs.

Sony is fast-tracking the biopic, with an eye to start production sometime next year. We reported in October that Sony wants Oscar-winning screenwriter Aaron Sorkin (The Social Network) to write the script. We haven't heard yet if Aaron Sorkin has agreed to come aboard this project yet or not.

Warner Bros. is determined to stay on track with this big screen adaptation of the 1960s television series that followed the exploits of two secret agents. As of now, Steven Soderbergh will still shoot the movie this February.

The director will continue preproduction on The Man from U.N.C.L.E. as he gears up for the release of his next film, the thriller Contagion, on September 9th.

The first photo has been released for the Fox Searchlight drama The Descendants, which hits theaters nationwide on December 16. Click on this new photo below, which features George Clooney and Shailene Woodley, to access our gallery.

The Ides of March takes place during the frantic last days before a heavily contested Ohio presidential primary, when an up-and-coming campaign press secretary (Ryan Gosling) finds himself involved in a political scandal that threatens to upend his candidate's shot at the presidency.

The Ides of March was released October 7th, 2011 and stars Ryan Gosling, George Clooney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Paul Giamatti, Evan Rachel Wood, Marisa Tomei, Jeffrey Wright, Max Minghella. The film is directed by George Clooney.

The Ides of March was released October 7th, 2011 and stars Ryan Gosling, George Clooney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Paul Giamatti, Evan Rachel Wood, Marisa Tomei, Jeffrey Wright, Max Minghella. The film is directed by George Clooney.

The Ides of March was released October 7th, 2011 and stars Ryan Gosling, George Clooney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Paul Giamatti, Evan Rachel Wood, Marisa Tomei, Jeffrey Wright, Max Minghella. The film is directed by George Clooney.

Fox Searchlight Pictures has debuted the first trailer for the new dramatic comedy The Descendants, which will hit theaters across the country on December 16. Click on the video player below for a glimpse at this indie tale, which stars George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, and Matthew Lillard. We also have the first poster for The Descendants, which you can take a look at below the trailer.

From Alexander Payne, the creator of the Oscar-winning Sideways, set in Hawaii, The Descendants is a sometimes humorous, sometimes tragic journey for Matt King (George Clooney) an indifferent husband and father of two girls, who is forced to re-examine his past and embrace his future when his wife suffers a boating accident off of Waikiki. The event leads to a rapprochement with his young daughters while Matt wrestles with a decision to sell the family's land handed down from Hawaiian royalty and missionaries.

The first clip has arrived for the upcoming Fox Searchlight comedy The Descendants, which will arrive in theaters nationwide on December 16. Click on this brief clip below, which features star George Clooney running to find an answer.

The clip debuted at the new viral site Who-Is-He.org. Since we are still several months away from this indie comedy's release, I'm sure more viral goodies will pop up on this site as we lead up to the release date.

The project comes from a 15-year-old spec screenplay by Jeff Welch. The story centers on a man who is cryogenically frozen and wakes up several years later to discover that humans are now the pets of a mysterious species.

Producer Akiva Goldsman is said to be working out budget figures, and, if things work out, this could be Darren Aronofsky's next movie. It isn't clear when production might begin yet.

Back in March, we reported that Darren Aronofsky bowed out of directing The Wolverine. It seems this Human Nature project could fill in the void in Darren Aronofsky's schedule.

George Clooney and Grant Heslov's production company is set to produce a Wall Street bailout film based on the 2009 Washington Post article The $700 Billion Man, with George Clooney having an eye to direct.

The film is based on Laura Blumenfeld's article about TARP mastermind Neel Kashkari, a top official under then-Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson, who helped develop the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program, which bailed out the big banks following the economic collapse in 2008. Neel Kashkari subsequently left Washington and moved to an isolated cabin in Northern California.

A new photo has arrived from the set of The Ides of March, which hits theaters nationwide on October 14. Click on the photo below, which features George Clooney and a Barack Obama-esque political poster, to access our growing gallery of set photos.

The Ides of March was released October 7th, 2011 and stars Ryan Gosling, George Clooney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Paul Giamatti, Evan Rachel Wood, Marisa Tomei, Jeffrey Wright, Max Minghella. The film is directed by George Clooney.

The first photos have arrived from the set of The Ides of March, which is currently shooting on the campus of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Click on any of these new shots below, which features actor-director George Clooney along with Ryan Gosling and Max Minghella, to access our gallery.

Aside from starring as Governor Mike Morris in The Ides of March, George Clooney is also directing from a script he co-wrote with Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon. The political project is based off Beau Willimon's play, Farragut North, which centers on a heated Presidential race. Ryan Gosling is portraying an idealistic press member who is privy to all the dirty political tricks on the campaign trail. Max Minghella plays Ben Harper, although details on his character aren't known.

The Ides of March was released October 7th, 2011 and stars Ryan Gosling, George Clooney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Paul Giamatti, Evan Rachel Wood, Marisa Tomei, Jeffrey Wright, Max Minghella. The film is directed by George Clooney.

George Clooney has signed on to produce and possibly star in serial-killer thriller The Monster of Florence for Fox 2000.

According to Variety, The Monster of Florence has been picked up in turnaround from MGM, which picked up the book by Douglas Preston and Mario Spezi as a possible starring vehicle in 2008 for Tom Cruise while he was running United Artists. MGM's bankruptcy and reorganization has forced its properties elsewhere.

The Monster of Florence recounts eight grisly double homicides believed to have been committed single-handedly between 1968 and 1985 in Florence. Christopher McQuarrie and Valkyrie co-writer Nathan Alexander have been signed to adapt the book.

The Hollywood Reporter states that Warner Bros. has landed George Clooney as the second main lead in Gravity.

Clooney replaces Robert Downey Jr. in this thrilling space drama. We reported back in October that Downey had left the project due to scheduling conflicts with Sherlock Holmes II. That report also indicated that Sandra Bullock was locked in as the main character, which has now been confirmed.

Alfonso Cuarón is directing from a script he co-wrote with his son, Jonás Cuarón. The story centers on Sandra Bullock's character, a female astronaut who becomes trapped in space after debris wipes out her space station. While the movie largely revolves around the female character, George Clooney's male lead is said to play a pivotal role in the story as well.

Production will get under way next spring, after George Clooney finishes shooting his latest directorial project, The Ides of March.

Gravity was released October 4th, 2013 and stars Sandra Bullock, George Clooney, Ed Harris, Orto Ignatiussen, Paul Sharma, Amy Warren, Basher Savage. The film is directed by Alfonso Cuarón.

Clooney and Jolie will be portraying iconic American entertainers Frank Sinatra and Marilyn Monroe. The film will be an adaptation of an Andrew O'Hagan novel, which will be published in December. O'Hagan announced the news of the adaptation at the Edinburgh International Book Festival over the weekend.

The novel is set up as a biography of Marilyn Monroe, but told through the eyes of a maltese poodle named Mafia Honey a.k.a. Maf, who was given to Monroe as a present by Sinatra.

It wasn't said who would be playing Maf the dog as of yet, and no director was announced for the project, although O'Hagan announced at the festival that the film will go into production in the near future. We'll be sure to keep you posted with any further details on The Life and Opinions of Maf the Dog, and of His Friend, Marilyn Monroe as soon as we have more information.

We reported just yesterday that director Steven Soderbergh was in talks to helm the adaptation. This new story indicates that George Clooney is already talking with Steven Soderbergh about starring in the project.

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. won't be coming to theaters for some time, though, with the tentative plan being to start production in late 2011. Steven Soderbergh is currently filming Contagion, which will be released on October 21, 2011 and, as Matt Damon recently revealed a few weeks ago, Steven Soderbergh will then begin production on the Untitled Liberace Project next summer, with Matt Damon and Michael Douglas starring. However, a 2012 start date for The Man from U.N.C.L.E. seems like a more reasonable bet, given the director's schedule.

It was also said that the current plan for The Man from U.N.C.L.E. involves starting from square one, throwing out previous drafts of the script by Max Borenstein, David Dobkin and others. Scott Z. Burns is writing the new script from scratch and it is said that the movie would not be modernized, and will still take place in the 1960s like the original TV show.

Yahoo! Movies has released a brand new behind-the-scenes video from The American, which will be released in theaters nationwide on September 1. Click below to watch this new behind-the-scenes video, which features interviews with actresses Violante Placido and Thekla Reuten, producers Anne Carey and Grant Heslov along with director Anton Corbijn all speaking about the star of the film, George Clooney.

The American was released September 1st, 2010 and stars George Clooney, Thekla Reuten, Irina Björklund, Violante Placido, Paolo Bonacelli, Samuli Vauramo, Filippo Timi, Björn Granath. The film is directed by Anton Corbijn.

George Clooney will direct from a script by Beau Willimon, who adapted his own off-Broadway play for the silver screen. It was said that George Clooney wants to start shooting the movie as early as February.

The film and play are based off Willimon's experiences working on the 2004 Howard Dean Presidential campaign. The story is set in Des Moines, Iowa, just before the Iowa Democratic caucus, and revolves around Stephen Myers, a political animal who plays dirty to get his candidate a nomination. The site reports that George Clooney will offer the Myers role to Chris Pine, since Leonardo DiCaprio has apparently dropped out of the film. Chris Pine had recently played the same part on stage last year in Los Angeles.

Philip Seymour Hoffman will play Paul Zara, Myers' boss on the campaign trail and Paul Giamatti will play the rival campaign manager of the opposing candidate. Vulture is also reporting that offers have gone out to Evan Rachel Wood to play a teenage staffer who has a fling with Daley, and Marisa Tomei to play a political journalist.

We'll be sure to keep you posted with any further information regarding Farragut North as soon as we have more information.

The Ides of March was released October 7th, 2011 and stars Ryan Gosling, George Clooney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Paul Giamatti, Evan Rachel Wood, Marisa Tomei, Jeffrey Wright, Max Minghella. The film is directed by George Clooney.

According to Variety, Paul Giamatti, Marisa Tomei and Evan Rachel Wood are also starring.

George Clooney and Grant Heslov have adapted the screenplay with playwright Beau Willimon.

The Ides of March follows a young press spokesman who falls prey to backroom politics, the treacherous manipulations of veteran operatives and the seduction of a young intern.

George Clooney plays a candidate running in the presidential primary race for the Democratic Party ticket. Ryan Gosling is set for the role of press spokesman, with Paul Giamatti playing a rival campaign manager. Marisa Tomei plays a reporter for the New York Times and Evan Rachel Wood portrays an intern for the campaign.

Production will begin in February in Michigan and Ohio.

The Ides of March was released October 7th, 2011 and stars Ryan Gosling, George Clooney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Paul Giamatti, Evan Rachel Wood, Marisa Tomei, Jeffrey Wright, Max Minghella. The film is directed by George Clooney.

Focus Features has revealed the first image of George Clooney in action in the upcoming film The American on the film's new Facebook page. Click on the brand new images below to access our photo gallery for the film, which was directed by Anton Corbijn.

The American was released September 1st, 2010 and stars George Clooney, Thekla Reuten, Irina Björklund, Violante Placido, Paolo Bonacelli, Samuli Vauramo, Filippo Timi, Björn Granath. The film is directed by Anton Corbijn.